Cook County Bar Association President Antonio Lee (Source: Antonio Lee).
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism works to promote civility and inclusion in the legal profession, to ensure the equitable delivery of justice for the people of Illinois.
In honor of Black History Month, the Commission on Professionalism is highlighting inspiring leaders of some of the state’s predominantly Black…
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An in-depth investigation by The Arizona Republic has found that Arizona’s pioneering program allowing nonlawyers to own law firms — a reform long championed by access-to-justice advocates — has become riddled with consumer complaints, legal loopholes, financial conflicts of interest and inadequate oversight. In a series of investigative articles, Republic journalist Laura Gersony paints a […]
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered Heather Hersh of FCRA Attorneys to pay $2,500, saying she failed to check her brief for accuracy and was not forthcoming when the court pressed for an explanation for the mistakes.
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The last time I wrote a blog post for Three Geeks was in 2021. It was the height of COVID, and I had just hosted my first (and only) Clubhouse session. We were talking about the Billable Hour.Clubhouse has since faded into the recesses of memory. COVID, thankfully, has too. But the billable hour (not a capitalized moniker here) is once…
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The debate of whether AI has shaped eDiscovery is no longer a question, but a testament to a complete architectural revolution.
As we navigate 2026, the legal industry has graduated from the experimental phase where machine learning was a luxury reserved for “Big Law” mega-cases.
Today, AI has transitioned into the very foundational bedrock of the legal process, an…
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By Dorna Moini, CEO and founder of Gavel

The U.S. legal profession has grown from 114,000 lawyers in 1900 to 1.37 million today, according to the American Bar Association. That growth happened across six major waves of technology that were each predicted to shrink the profession. Every single wave expanded it instead. As someone who practiced law for many…
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Michelle Sanders, Macon County Public Defender’s Office (Source: Michelle Sanders).
Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism in their careers.
In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke to Michelle Sanders, Chief Public Defender for the Macon County Public Defender’s Office.
When Michelle began practicing law in 2007, she served as an Assistant Public Defender in…
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Could 2026 mark the end of “vibe coding” as we know it? Welcome back to Tech Snippets Today. In this episode, we sit down with Nicolas Genest, Founder and CEO of CodeBoxx, to explore the rapidly shifting landscape of AI software development.

Over the past year, generating applications with natural language prompts has exploded in popularity. Tools like Lovable.ai, Replit,…
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A recent survey suggests non equity partners are not entirely happy with their lot.  And for some good reasons. But the economic reality is that it’s here to stay. And that’s for a good reason as well: more profit for equity partners. There’s no use pretending: for law firm management it’s no longer personal (if it ever was). It’s just business.
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While I am visiting San Francisco for two weeks, I am sitting down for conversations with legal tech innovators and entrepreneurs “in their natural habitats” – places in the Bay Area they consider special. Today, in the first in this series, I sit down for lunch with Alex Su, chief revenue officer at Latitude Legal, over Thai […]
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Joan A. Akalaonu, President of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago (Source: Joan A. Akalaonu).
The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism works to promote civility and inclusion in the legal profession, to ensure the equitable delivery of justice for the people of Illinois.
In honor of Black History Month, the Commission on Professionalism is highlighting inspiring leaders…
Continue Reading Building an ‘Enduring Legacy’: Q&A with BWLA President Joan Akalaonu